Insights into a putative hinge region in elastin using molecular dynamics simulations

Matrix Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-100

  Djajamuliadi, Jhonsen ^a   Kagawa, Todd F ^a   Ohgo, Kosuke ^a   Kumashiro, Kristin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinking domain; Elastin; MD

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; EXON; HINGE REGION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 62749172818     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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